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Ideology of Sufi Islam and It’s Mysticism -Recognition and Practice-

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2020, (33), pp.274~297
  • DOI : 10.33639/ptc.2020..33.014
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : March 24, 2020
  • Accepted : June 29, 2020
  • Published : June 30, 2020

Kim Joong Kwan 1

1동국대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

In the history of Islam, the Sunni Muslim jurisprudence (Ulama) was a strong leader in the Muslim community shortly after the Prophet Muhammad. The purification against material pursuit and selfish secularization took place from the earliest era. Sufism is believed to have occurred then, and the mysticism of Islam at that time did not enter the institutional sphere, while the movement sprang up in the public, mainly to ordinary Muslims. Sufi's philosophy goes beyond the preaching of Shri’a, final destination of practice is through self-destruction (fana'), which is to achieve total union with Allah’s bless, in particular, in the process of establishing the methodology of Gnosticism (ma'rifah). The theological system of Sufi mysticism shared by philosophies of hellenism and gnosticism. that has evolved into a lighting philosophy, leading to mystical intuition, emphasizing asceticism as the basic value of Sufism, and finally leading the way in the Muslims practice. In conclusion, Sufism got historical significance and philosophical values and evaluated as a unique Sufi Islam thought through contemplation of Muslim standards and inner reflection. This paper accessed to 1) examine Sufism ideological characteristics and mysticism type, the factors and ideological value of Sufism. 2) Also dwell upon sufi practice principles through analysis of sufi performance steps and theological basis of Sufi philosophy, and 3) evaluate the principles of sufi mysticism practice through the early mystic development process within Shari’a expansion, and 4) Sufi’s historical role through expansion of Islamic history.

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